Re: How do get a specific version of a particular file?

> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> 
> >> > OK, how is that different from git-diff ?
> >> 
> >> I do not think there is any difference.  "show" is about
> >> multiple points, not ranges.  "diff" is about multiple
> >> (typically two) points, and not ranges.
> >
> > Well, I do think Ted has a good point. Having negative refs makes no sense 
> > for the "no-walk" case (aka "git show").
> >
> > ... Negative object refs really don't make any sense unless you walk 
> > the object list (or you're "git diff" and know about ranges explicitly).
> 
> If you did not say "(or you're..." part, then I would agree
> to this 100%.